Description
These data are the observational data from the 2018 Oregon Bee Atlas native bee surveys. All of the records represent specimens caught in the field, pinned, labelled, and identified by experts. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Oregon State Arthropod Collection for all nominative taxa sampled from as many locations as feasible.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Best, L., C. Feuerborn, S. Kincaid, C.J. Marshall, A. Melathopoulos and S.V.J.Robinson. 2021. Oregon Bee Atlas: native bee findings from 2018. Catalog of the Oregon State Arthropod Collection. 5 (1) 1— 12.
Rights
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b2974853-6c41-4c63-a11b-7989e58a3ad4. No organization publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by .
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
North America, Pacific Northwest, Oregon
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
| Order | Hymenoptera (bees & wasps) |
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| Suborder | Apoidea (bees) |
| Family | Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae, Andrenidae, Colletidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2018-01-01 / 2018-12-31 |
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Project Data
The Oregon Bee Atlas is a new volunteer-led effort to characterize the bee fauna of Oregon State by collecting, preparing, and databasing native bee species and capturing plant host records. In 2018, volunteers collected 11,044 bee specimens across 33 Oregon counties, representing 179 unique bee species, and 32 unique bee genera. Specimens were collected from a total of 310 unique flowering plant genera, resulting in one of the largest state-level databases of bee-host plant interactions. Volunteers produced valuable occurrence records for species poorly known for the State, and species of conservation concern. The 2018 efforts constitute a proof-of-concept of a specimen-focused volunteer native bee survey.
| Title | Oregon Bee Atlas native bee surveys - 2018 data |
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| Identifier | DOI: https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/cat_osac.5.1.4647 |
| Funding | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research under award number: 549024 |
| Study Area Description | Throughout Oregon |
| Design Description | see: Best, L., C. Feuerborn, S. Kincaid, C.J. Marshall, A. Melathopolous and S.V.J.Robinson. 2021. Oregon Bee Atlas: native bee findings from 2018. Catalog of the Oregon State Arthropod Collection. 5 (1) 1— 12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/osu/cat_osac.5.1.4650. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Most bees were sampled using aerial nets, although pan traps were occasionally used; this is recorded in the data set.
| Study Extent | Bees were sampled throughout Oregon. The aim of this survey is to obtain faunistic absence/presence data, not abundance. The vast majority of specimens were collected by citizen scientist with training in how to survey bees and obtain research grade observational data for the records. |
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| Quality Control | All observations were confirmed with physical specimens, identified in laboratory settings by expert taxonomists. Georeferencing data was examined at multiple stages to ensure records are accurate. |
Method step description:
- none to report
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Oregon State Arthropod Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | OSAC |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried |
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| Curatorial Units | Between 1 and 1 specimen |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | b2974853-6c41-4c63-a11b-7989e58a3ad4 |
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| https://osac.oregonstate.edu/ipt/resource?r=oregonbeeatlas2018 |